I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from whence shall my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever.
-Psalm 121
This week has been a rough one, but also one of joy. I was witness to another birth of a baby boy. 🙂 We celebrated Deladis’s fifth birthday (pictures to come), and I received my test results for my bloodwork. I haven’t had a lot of time, and this next week will be busy as well. I’m just trying my best to keep up.
The bloodwork says I have low blood sugar, my adrenals are shot, of course there’s my thyroid, and a few other minor things. The low blood sugar is a shocker. From what I understand it is connected to the function of the adrenals as well. So, one is causing the other, or one is the symptom of the other. I think the adrenals came first. Anyway, I have to see another doctor Wednesday that is about an hour away. I’m supposed to eat every two hours, which is going to be very difficult for me to do. I just don’t get hungry like that. I’m one that eats breakfast at 8am and doesn’t eat again sometimes until 2 or 3pm. I do have this shake stuff to drink in between meals to help regulate my blood sugar, so that will help.
The most depressing thing for me is that I have to be off of dairy for 3 weeks. I didn’t show an allergy, but she expects that I might be having some sensitivity to it because I’m not digesting well. Have I ever mentioned that I love dairy? I truly don’t know what I’m going to eat now. I live off of milk products. Now, this isn’t good from a traditional foods standpoint, because pastuerized and homogenized milk is so tampered with that it is hard for any human being to digest or utilize properly. I don’t have access to raw milk products, and that is one piece of eating traditional foods that I have never been able to adopt. Rather than go without dairy, I just ate conventional dairy. I have been pointed in the direction of the PETA website called Milk Sucks. I suppose I need to check it out. I know conventional dairies are cruel. I know these three weeks won’t kill me, but…. Did I mention I love dairy????
I have been having these episodes of dizziness and such that is related to my blood sugar, and I’m tired. I’m lifting my eyes to the mountains, and pushing onward. Whatever manifests in our body has its beginnings in our inner work. I believe that thoroughly. Healing is a time of inner work as much as it is getting well physically.
I posted a comment on Mama-Om and she was gracious enough to share with me some of her experiences with being a parent and not feeling well. I wanted to share them here. Sometimes I think us mothers tend to hide our pitfalls, and things that aren’t just so. There’s nothing to hide. Mothers are people afterall, and we all have work to do in this life.
Mama-Om:
A Mountain Mama - East Kentucky Gal 
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August 8, 2010 at 6:06 am
Jennifer Tan - Syrendell
Good luck with everything. I know what it’s like to love dairy and then give it up. I have to admit that once I stopped eating/drinking dairy, my whole body felt better and more clear. Hard to explain, but pretty amazing. Going raw for a couple of years made a huge difference, too. Sending happy thoughts your way!
August 8, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Carrie
Wow. That’s a whole lot going on in one little body. Prayers that things will turn around for you and quickly. I hope the new dr will be able to give you guidance to get your body back on track as soon as possible.
Happy Birthday to Deladis!!
August 11, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Alisha
Happy Belated Birthday Deladis!
Though I’m sorry you are having to deal with these issues now, I’m glad that the bloodwork did reveal some answers. I know what you mean about dairy. Our house is always full of milk, cheese, and yogurt. But hopefully it won’t be too bad. I hope you start to feel better soon!
August 13, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Vickie Fears
Don’t know how you feel about this – just giving you my own experience. I’ve dealt with the low blood sugar thing for years. It’s a hassle and it made me feel bad. When I got sick with a lung infection, and went through 3-4 rounds of antibiotics, and was sick for 3 months, it was determined that I had clinical depression. I was so run-down and I fought tooth and nail to “get back” to where I was before. It didn’t happen. I fought it for 3 months but kept slipping further and further into depression. Just was not getting any better. Blood sugar was making me sick to my stomach, I was eating every 2 hrs or so, but it wasn’t helping much. The Drs and family members kept pushing anti-depressants at me and I refused. After about 6 months, I was so low, couldn’t work, couldn’t get out of bed or do anything, I finally gave in. I hate drugs, but this anti-depressant saved my life – literally. My adrenals had been shot, my blood sugar was getting lower, you name it. After I’d been on the anti-depressant for about 4 weeks, it kicked in, and from then on I bounced back and am here today feeling great. I’m gradually working myself off of it now after 3 years, but I know I can handle it now. I thought my Dr was a kook when he suggested anti-depressants but now I think he is a saint. You can email me if you like. Like I said, I don’t know if this is something you’d consider, but I did it as a last straw measure and it worked for me. Good luck to you, dear. And keep lifting your eyes up unto the hills…